A lawsuit claiming DaBaby punched a 64-year-old man, knocked out his tooth, stole his phone, and trashed his Hollywood Hills mansion has been partially suspended pending resolution of a parallel felony battery charge against the controversial artist, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Los Angeles County Judge Terry Green said DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, has a Fifth Amendment right to refuse to sit for a deposition or answer any written discovery questions in the civil case while he’s also facing up to four years behind bars if convicted...
Los Angeles County Judge Terry Green said DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, has a Fifth Amendment right to refuse to sit for a deposition or answer any written discovery questions in the civil case while he’s also facing up to four years behind bars if convicted...
- 11/8/2022
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Just in time for the holidays, Johnny Depp today continued his ongoing quest to wrap up many of the legal troubles that have dogged him in recent years. Deadline confirms that the actor has reached a deal with the attorneys he’d hired for a $50 million malpractice suit that the Pirates of the Caribbean star launched in 2017. They said he owed them nearly $350,000 in unpaid legal fees.
As Depp’s $50 million defamation showdown with Amber Heard looms, the actor has ended litigation with the Buckley Llp lawyers he’d retained in his malpractice court fight with Jake Bloom, the Bloom Hergott partner who had been Depp’s attorney for nearly two decades. Although details of that late-October settlement were not disclosed, Deadline hears that Depp’s payout was around $10 million in the end.
Today’s settlement is with Buckley’s Fredrick Levin, Michael Rome and Ali Abugheida, who’d been...
As Depp’s $50 million defamation showdown with Amber Heard looms, the actor has ended litigation with the Buckley Llp lawyers he’d retained in his malpractice court fight with Jake Bloom, the Bloom Hergott partner who had been Depp’s attorney for nearly two decades. Although details of that late-October settlement were not disclosed, Deadline hears that Depp’s payout was around $10 million in the end.
Today’s settlement is with Buckley’s Fredrick Levin, Michael Rome and Ali Abugheida, who’d been...
- 11/26/2019
- by Erik Pedersen and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Jake Bloom, the veteran entertainment lawyer of Bloom Hergott, is retiring from his namesake law firm after decades, shortly before a trial begins for a $50 million malpractice suit brought by the firm’s ex-client Johnny Depp.
Alan Hergott, Bloom’s longtime partner who has represented Brad Pitt, Kathleen Kennedy and Neil Patrick Harris among others, is also stepping down, and the law firm has already gotten a new name, Goodman Shenckman & Brecheen, or “Gsb.”
“It has been a true privilege to represent some of the most talented people in entertainment and media over so many years,” Bloom said in a statement to Deadline Monday night. “While I will miss my clients and colleagues, now is the right time for this evolution. It is an exciting opportunity for everyone involved and I look forward to watching Gsb optimize the new media landscape for its clients and continue to grow in the future.
Alan Hergott, Bloom’s longtime partner who has represented Brad Pitt, Kathleen Kennedy and Neil Patrick Harris among others, is also stepping down, and the law firm has already gotten a new name, Goodman Shenckman & Brecheen, or “Gsb.”
“It has been a true privilege to represent some of the most talented people in entertainment and media over so many years,” Bloom said in a statement to Deadline Monday night. “While I will miss my clients and colleagues, now is the right time for this evolution. It is an exciting opportunity for everyone involved and I look forward to watching Gsb optimize the new media landscape for its clients and continue to grow in the future.
- 5/15/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: As lawyers for Johnny Depp and his former law firm spar over a new trial date for the now $50 million malpractice lawsuit the Pirates of the Caribbean star brought against Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman Llp in 2017, there looks to be at least two fewer Hollywood heavyweights in the ring as of today.
Fifty-one years after he started practicing law, Jacob Bloom is retiring from the firm that already doesn’t carry his name, I’ve learned. His fellow founding partner Alan Hergott is also stepping down after years representing clients including Brad Pitt, Star Wars overlord Kathleen Kennedy, her husband producer Frank Marshall, and Neil Patrick Harris.
Hergott and Bloom, who represented Depp for two decades, have been sending emails to clients, current and past, informing them of their decision to move on to a new phase of their lives. As well as working for...
Fifty-one years after he started practicing law, Jacob Bloom is retiring from the firm that already doesn’t carry his name, I’ve learned. His fellow founding partner Alan Hergott is also stepping down after years representing clients including Brad Pitt, Star Wars overlord Kathleen Kennedy, her husband producer Frank Marshall, and Neil Patrick Harris.
Hergott and Bloom, who represented Depp for two decades, have been sending emails to clients, current and past, informing them of their decision to move on to a new phase of their lives. As well as working for...
- 5/15/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Johnny Depp’s $30 million legal standoff with his ex-lawyer just netted former Warner Bros boss Kevin Tsujihara, Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard and some of Hollywood’s top attorneys.
With a September trial date on the calendar between the Pirates of the Caribbean star and his former attorney of two decades, Tsujihara and Heard were served deposition notices yesterday in the skirmish with Jacob Bloom and his firm, we can confirm.
The lawyers representing the lawyers also served paper on lawyers Marty Singer, Patricia Glaser, Blair Berk, Heard’s and Depp’s respective divorce attorneys and the actress’ ex-boyfriend Elon Musk, among several others.
Besides sheer shock and awe value, the point of the swath of notices Wednesday is that Depp has claimed that some of the bad advice he says Bloom gave him had to do with his messy split with Heard in 2016.
Depp also is said to have...
With a September trial date on the calendar between the Pirates of the Caribbean star and his former attorney of two decades, Tsujihara and Heard were served deposition notices yesterday in the skirmish with Jacob Bloom and his firm, we can confirm.
The lawyers representing the lawyers also served paper on lawyers Marty Singer, Patricia Glaser, Blair Berk, Heard’s and Depp’s respective divorce attorneys and the actress’ ex-boyfriend Elon Musk, among several others.
Besides sheer shock and awe value, the point of the swath of notices Wednesday is that Depp has claimed that some of the bad advice he says Bloom gave him had to do with his messy split with Heard in 2016.
Depp also is said to have...
- 4/18/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Johnny Depp won’t be heading to court for a trial in his $30 million malpractice action against his ex-lawyers as soon as expected, but his recent $50 million defamation case against Amber Heard reared its head Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
“If you want a two-month continuance, that’s fine,” said Judge Terry Green in an omnibus hearing on the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s nearly year-and-a-half-old legal skirmish with Jacob Bloom and his firm.
A trial date has now been set for September 16, with a final status conference at the beginning of that month. The trial was originally set for May 6 in downtown L.A. in front of the loquacious Green. Noting his own packed schedule, the judge dismissively commented, “the motion to continue the trial never made it into our new e-filing system.”
“You may want to take this to a discovery referee,” Green also told a...
“If you want a two-month continuance, that’s fine,” said Judge Terry Green in an omnibus hearing on the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s nearly year-and-a-half-old legal skirmish with Jacob Bloom and his firm.
A trial date has now been set for September 16, with a final status conference at the beginning of that month. The trial was originally set for May 6 in downtown L.A. in front of the loquacious Green. Noting his own packed schedule, the judge dismissively commented, “the motion to continue the trial never made it into our new e-filing system.”
“You may want to take this to a discovery referee,” Green also told a...
- 3/7/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A judge granted Johnny Depp a motion today that would allow him to declare an oral contract he had with his former lawyers to be invalid. Depp’s attorneys first asked for the decision this past March, claiming that California requires written contracts for contingency fee agreements — the idea that a lawyer would get percentages of contract negotiations and other legal services, according to Deadline. The decision marks a blow to the firm of Bloom, Hergott, Diemer, Rosenthal, Laviolette, Feldman, Schenkman and Goodman Llp, for which Depp had worked with Jake Bloom.
- 8/29/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge ruled Tuesday that Johnny Depp’s oral contract with his former talent attorney Jacob A. Bloom is invalid.
“There’s not a special rule for entertainment people,” said Judge Terry Green, according to Variety. “Why isn’t it in writing? Why not have something that memorializes the agreement so we don’t end up in court fighting like this?”
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star, who last year sued his former managers The Mandel Company, has now sued his former lawyer and his firm, accusing Bloom and company of costing the actor “tens of millions of dollars” through the “unauthorized taking of Mr. Depp’s film residual and other economic rights for themselves” as well as via “conflicts of interest, self-dealing, legal malpractice” and other means.
Also Read: Johnny Depp Denies Punching Crew Member But Argues Injuries Are Due to 'Self-Defense'
The suit, filed...
“There’s not a special rule for entertainment people,” said Judge Terry Green, according to Variety. “Why isn’t it in writing? Why not have something that memorializes the agreement so we don’t end up in court fighting like this?”
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” star, who last year sued his former managers The Mandel Company, has now sued his former lawyer and his firm, accusing Bloom and company of costing the actor “tens of millions of dollars” through the “unauthorized taking of Mr. Depp’s film residual and other economic rights for themselves” as well as via “conflicts of interest, self-dealing, legal malpractice” and other means.
Also Read: Johnny Depp Denies Punching Crew Member But Argues Injuries Are Due to 'Self-Defense'
The suit, filed...
- 8/28/2018
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Johnny Depp scored a significant legal victory on Tuesday, as an L.A. Superior Court judge ruled that his contract with his lawyer should have been in writing.
Depp is seeking to recoup tens of millions of dollars in legal fees paid out to Jake Bloom over 18 years. The ruling could also have profound effects on legal dealings in Hollywood, where agreements are often based on a handshake rather than a written contract. Bloom was paid based on a percentage of the actor’s earnings. The relationship fell apart in 2017, as Depp was also fighting a legal war with the Management Group, his former management company.
Depp sued Bloom in October, arguing that the fee arrangement was effectively done on a contingency basis, which under California law must be in writing. Bloom countersued, arguing that Depp had failed to fully pay his legal bills and had violated the unwritten agreement.
Depp is seeking to recoup tens of millions of dollars in legal fees paid out to Jake Bloom over 18 years. The ruling could also have profound effects on legal dealings in Hollywood, where agreements are often based on a handshake rather than a written contract. Bloom was paid based on a percentage of the actor’s earnings. The relationship fell apart in 2017, as Depp was also fighting a legal war with the Management Group, his former management company.
Depp sued Bloom in October, arguing that the fee arrangement was effectively done on a contingency basis, which under California law must be in writing. Bloom countersued, arguing that Depp had failed to fully pay his legal bills and had violated the unwritten agreement.
- 8/28/2018
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Over the past decade (or thereabouts; his work is almost invariably released in the U.S. years after being shot), writer-director Terry Green has made three films, the first of which, the John Mahoney–starring Almost Salinas, was self-distributed in 2003. That one's since been lost in the home-video ether, but the next two — Heavens Fall, from 2006, and No God, No Master, his newest work — indicate that Green is both a capable filmmaker and a clear history buff.
Green favors trailblazing public figures railing against social injustice: in Heavens Fall, it's Timothy Hutton's Samuel Leibowitz, a New York lawyer who travels to Alabama in 1933 to defend the Scottsboro Boys; in No God, No Master, it's U.S. Bureau of Investigation ...
Green favors trailblazing public figures railing against social injustice: in Heavens Fall, it's Timothy Hutton's Samuel Leibowitz, a New York lawyer who travels to Alabama in 1933 to defend the Scottsboro Boys; in No God, No Master, it's U.S. Bureau of Investigation ...
- 4/9/2014
- Village Voice
Edoardo Ballerini (Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos) will star in sci-fi thriller Omphalos, written and directed by Gabriel Judet-Weinshel.
Omphalos is set to begin in the summer in New York and New Mexico with Judet-Weinshel’s feature directorial debut from his own script; co-starring feature newcomers Greg Bennick and Sean Gaffney.
The flick will be photographed by George Nicholas and Aidan Fraser’s (Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars) FX visual effects will presumably play prominently in the film’s ambitious imagery.
Storyline follows Darius Lefaux, a private detective since murder comes in and Darius decides to take the case. There’s something curious about this one. In the blurry photograph of the body, the victim’s face looks oddly familiar. Darius heads to the scene of the crime and is astonished to see that the dead man on the ground is … him.
Darius Lefaux is played by Ballerini, who Variety...
Omphalos is set to begin in the summer in New York and New Mexico with Judet-Weinshel’s feature directorial debut from his own script; co-starring feature newcomers Greg Bennick and Sean Gaffney.
The flick will be photographed by George Nicholas and Aidan Fraser’s (Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars) FX visual effects will presumably play prominently in the film’s ambitious imagery.
Storyline follows Darius Lefaux, a private detective since murder comes in and Darius decides to take the case. There’s something curious about this one. In the blurry photograph of the body, the victim’s face looks oddly familiar. Darius heads to the scene of the crime and is astonished to see that the dead man on the ground is … him.
Darius Lefaux is played by Ballerini, who Variety...
- 4/4/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
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